Child abuse

Tony Devenish: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide how many cases of parents/guardians abusing their own children has the Met dealt with? Please provide a breakdown by abuse type?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

The Mayor: Please see the attached spreadsheet in response to Mayor'sQuestion2019/20365. The data covers violent or sexual offences where the suspect is known to the victim and the nature of that relationship.

Support for victims of rape and sexual assault disclosure in relation to mobile phones (4)

Fiona Twycross: What research is being carried out to ensure this data is recorded accurately and the reasons for removing mobile phones are appropriate?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Tube Noise (2)

Tony Devenish: Broken down by borough and by Tube Line, how many reports of excessive Tube noise in the complainant’s home has TfL received in every month since May 2016?

The Mayor: Addressing Tube noise is a hugely important issue, and I have stressed to Transport for London (TfL) the importance of minimising noise levels. TfL is working hard to achieve this, continually monitoring levels across the Tube network, and carrying out practical action to address known concerns.
Please find attached a table which shows all complaints since May 2016.

Cybercrime

Tony Devenish: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide how many cases of cybercrime has the Met dealt with? Please provide a breakdown by cybercrime type.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Drugs in schools

Tony Devenish: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide how many drug offences in schools have been reported to the police?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Kidnappings

Tony Devenish: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide how many kidnaps have been reported to the Met?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Support for victims of rape and sexual assault disclosure in relation to mobile phones (3)

Fiona Twycross: What is being given to replace the phones and what is done to ensure that there is a process in place to ensure they retain their contact information?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Knife arches 1

Tony Devenish: How many schools currently have knife arches? How has this number changed each year since 2015/16?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Government Funding to Support Young People Caught up In County Lines Exploitation

Jennette Arnold: Kit Malthouse MP said on a recent File on Four programme that the government is going to “look more towards a disruption strategy that says we need to make [the drugs] business so hard to do in the UK that there is no point exploiting young people in the first place, at the same time supporting them and intervening with them early to make sure they don’t get involved in the trade.” Please outline exactly what funding the government has given you to support those identified as exploited by county lines drugs gangs?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Support for victims of domestic abuse disclosure in relation to mobile phones

Fiona Twycross: In 2019 so far, how many people (both as a number and as a percentage) who report alleged domestic abuse have their phones removed?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Stalking Threat Assessment Centre

Susan Hall: For each month since its launch, please provide the monthly number of cases dealt with by the Stalking Threat Assessment Centre. Broken down by stalking type, please provide a further breakdown of outcomes.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Safer Schools Officers

Jennette Arnold: You previously stated that there would be an updated figure on the number of Safer Schools Officers (SSO) in August. Please provide the most up to date figure broken down by: number of SSOs per Borough, number of SSOs allocated to one school vs number allocated to multiple schools, and number of schools with an SSO.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

BAME Pay Gap Across the GLA and its Organisations

Jennette Arnold: In January 2019 a press release from your office stated that “The key factor contributing to the gap is the lack of BAME staff in senior positions.” Please detail the work you and your office have undertaken to ensure that BAME staff are moving into senior positions across the GLA family.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

The Mayor: I have asked all GLA Group organisations to publish robust action plans in response to their ethnicity pay gap analysis.
The GLA’s Ethnicity Pay Gap Action Plan includes a number of actions which seek to address the progression of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) staff within the organisation.
My officers are taking action in this area. For example, the GLA has launched a Talent Management programme, being piloted with black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) staff, before being broadened out to the wider workforce. This will identify BAME staff with potential and support their progression. The GLA reserved 50% of places on this year’s Our Time programme for BAME staff to support more BAME women into leadership roles. The GLA has worked with specialist recruitment agencies to grow the pool of BAME candidates.
The GLA’s 2018 ethnicity pay gap report and action plan can be found here and ethnicity pay gap action plans for LFB, LLDC, OPDC, TfL, MOPAC and the MPS are available online.
GLA Group ethnicity pay gap data as of 31 March 2019 and action plans will be published shortly.

Extinction Rebellion (1)

Peter Whittle: On 15 October 2019, you tweeted: ‘I'm seeking further information from senior officers about the operational decision to impose a section 14 order on the Extinction Rebellion Autumn Uprising – and why this was necessary’. What response did you receive from the senior officers concerned?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Safer Schools Officers (3)

Caroline Pidgeon: How many schools that are designated as a priority school for the posting of a Safer Schools Officer do not currently have one in post?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Child to parent abuse

Unmesh Desai: Please provide the number of domestic abuse offences perpetrated by a child against a parent recorded in London in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 to date.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Parent abuse

Susan Hall: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide how instances of parent abuse were recorded by the Met? Please breakdown by son/daughter/grandson/granddaughter as the victim.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

The Mayor: Please see the attached spreadsheet in response toMayor'sQuestion2019/20365. The data covers violent or sexual offences where the suspect is known to the victim and the nature of that relationship.

Media Transactions (1)

Susan Hall: Can you please provide a list of all media publications (online and print) which you advertise in as the Mayor of London or any other capacity?

The Mayor: As part of broader marketing plans for certain campaigns, the GLA has on occasion purchased space in media publications through the GLA’s media agency Wavemaker. The publications selected are based on recommendations from Wavemaker, who identify the best way for us to reach our audiences.
Examples include adverts in the Hounslow Borough Chronicle to inform Londoners about PQT, Time Out adverts to encourage attendance to our free Africa In London events, adverts in housing trade press to encourage bids for members of the London Development Panel, adverts in The Big Issue to inform Londoners on how they can help rough sleepers in the coldest months of the year, and statutory notices placed in media to inform Londoners about various public announcements. An example of a statutory notice is one informing Londoners about an Examination in Public on the draft New London Plan.
On occasion, paid partnerships have also been used to work with publications that have credibility or authority with specific audiences to deliver more complex messages over longer periods of time. An example of this includes a 4-month partnership with online publication GRM Daily in order to reach young Londoners and inform them about programmes they can get involved in as part of our Serious Youth Violence campaign.
In addition to this, some adverts may also have appeared on media publications through digital display advertising – however due to the nature of how digital display adverts are served, we do not receive exact details on costs and placements.

Weapons

Andrew Boff: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide how many people were not charged after being found with an illegal weapon?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Knives in the postal system

Andrew Boff: How many knives has the Met seized which were destined for a London address using the postal system? How many of those knives seized led to a police visit at the address in question, or charges? Please break down the data down by year and by month since 2015/16.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Safer London Funding

Susan Hall: How much funding has Safer London received from MOPAC and any other GLA bodies in 2019-20 and for the two previous years?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

The Mayor: There are 4 MOPAC funded provisions to date with Safer London. The funding arrangement are as follows for the period:
2017/18 -£834,000
2018/19 - £1,504,514
2019/20 - £1,012,486
The spectrum of provisions cut across three strands, these are to support young people exploited by or involved in county lines activity, give support to victims, primarily young women and girls who are involved in or at risk of gang involvement and/or at risk of sexual violence and exploitation, primarily within gangs. To help young Londoners to exit the gang; both those who are involved in youth violence and those who are exploited by them.
Funding from GLA departmental team are:
VRU are investing £62,000in 2019/20 to supportyoungpeopleinvolvedinserious violence from amentalhealthandwell‐beingperspectivethroughthe SaferLondonpilot.

Drug charges

Andrew Boff: Breaking down the data down by year since 2015/16, how many people have been charged with possessing an illegal drug, by drug type and month?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

The Mayor: Please see attached the requested data for the period specified.

Delays

Andrew Boff: Please state the number of delays across London’s bus network, broken down by the reason for delay and month since 2015/16?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Spiked drinks

Andrew Boff: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide a monthly breakdown of the number of spiked drinks reported at London’s clubs, bars and pubs?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Parent to child abuse

Unmesh Desai: Please provide the number of domestic abuse offences perpetrated by a parent against a child recorded in London in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 to date.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Safer Schools Officers (2)

Caroline Pidgeon: Can you please provide an updated breakdown of Safer Schools Officers by BCU and borough?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Safer Schools Officers (1)

Caroline Pidgeon: Following up your answer to Question No: 2019/8845, you stated that you were confident that you would be able to increase the number of Safer Schools Officers to 600 by the autumn. As of today can you update me on the number of Safer Schools Officers in London?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Safer Schools Officers (4)

Caroline Pidgeon: Please provide updated figures on how many Safer Schools Officers are assigned to a single school.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Children in care

Susan Hall: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide the number of children in care who have been arrested?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Dog attacks

Susan Hall: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide many dog attacks have been reported to the Met?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Knife offences

Susan Hall: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide the following:
• The number of knife killings?
• The number of people charged for a knife killing?
• The number of people charged for a knife killing that had a previous knife offence?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Sex offences 4

Susan Hall: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide the of instances of the common law offence of outraging public decency?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Online crime reporting

Susan Hall: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide how many crimes have been reported online, broken down by outcome, e.g caution, charge, NFA? Further to this how many were not investigated/seen due to a ‘robotic’ decision as mentioned on page 17 of the Met’s 2019 Force Management Statement?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Knife Crime

Keith Prince: How many projects is the Mayor of London currently funding which are aimed at tackling knife crime broken down by borough, with total spending by borough?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

ULEZ charges

Susan Hall: For each month since its launch, please can you provide the amount paid by the Met in ULEZ charges?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Allegations Arising from Stop and Search Incidents (2)

Caroline Pidgeon: With one in three of the complaints during stop and search in the last reporting period (October 2018 – September 2019) falling under the category of ‘A Breach of PACE Code A’, what specific measures will be undertaken to ensure PACE Code A is adhered to during stop and search going forward?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Allegations Arising from Stop and Search Incidents (1)

Caroline Pidgeon: Allegations arising from stop and search incidents increased by 18% for the reporting period October 2018 – September 2019, well above the ‘trigger point’ for action set by the MPS, which is 10%. What are you doing, in partnership with the MPS, to ensure that the number of allegations and complaints received in relation to stop and search reduces for the current and future reporting periods?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Government Funding of Early Intervention Work for County Lines Exploitation

Jennette Arnold: Kit Malthouse MP said on a recent File on Four programme that the government is going to “look more towards a disruption strategy that says we need to make [the drugs] business so hard to do in the UK that there is no point exploiting young people in the first place, at the same time supporting them and intervening with them early to make sure they don’t get involved in the trade.” Please outline exactly what funding the government have given you for intervention work with young people at risk from county lines exploitation?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Tube noise [5]

Andrew Dismore: What are the locations from where you are removing PV pads, and over what timeframe?

The Mayor: Transport for London (TfL) is currently trialing an alternative rail fastening called Delkor 167 on the Jubilee line. This trial will establish whether the fastening can reduce noise and vibration for local residents, while also addressing in-carriage noise. This process involves the removal of Pandrol Vanguard and is taking place between Baker Street and St John’s Wood.
If the trial is successful, TfL will look to roll out the Delkor solution, or a variant, to other locations, and further information on this programme will be available as testing progresses.

High rise pre-determined attendance

Andrew Dismore: Since the PDA for high rise buildings was amended to be ten pumps and an aerial in the event of confirmed external fire spread, how many times has this PDA been activated?

The Mayor: The Pre-determined Attendance (PDA) for high-rise was amended in early August 2017. There are two PDA standards in respect of high rise building with cladding: eight pumps plus an aerial for a known building with cladding; and 10 pumps plus an aerial for known building with cladding for which the Brigade receives four or more calls. The PDA for an incident is a recommended level of resourcing given the location of the incident and/or the type of emergency reported. It is for the Control Operator to accept, or amend, the recommendation as appropriate for the situation. This can give rise to different levels of recourses for what otherwise appear to be similar incidents.
The table below shows the number of pumps on the initial attendance for all calls to fires which were identified as a high-rise building (Incident Type Code A1HR).
Initial pumps to A1HR incidents
8
9
10
12
2017
6
1
2018
26
1
1
2019 (to 6 November)
17
2
2
1
Total
49
4
3
1

Tube noise [3]

Andrew Dismore: Are you now working on a new strategy to combat residential tube noise? If so when do you hope to have it ready, and when do you hope to start implementing measures?

The Mayor: Transport for London (TfL) is working to reduce Tube noise in a wide range of ways, including installing new rails and removing redundant rail joints.
In recent months, TfL has carried out a targeted programme of rail grinding at key sites, which has reduced noise both in carriages and at residential sites.
TfL is working with suppliers to innovate and develop new technology to reduce noise levels across the network. Safety is TfL’s first priority, and it is vital that any new products are thoroughly tested prior to being used on the Tube network.
TfL is currently trialling a new type of track fastening, manufactured by Delkor, which could reduce in-carriage noise, and will soon trial a new noise-deflecting wall, which focuses on the issue of airborne noise.

Tube noise [2]

Andrew Dismore: What analysis has been done on the impact to residents of the removal of PV pads from the lines? How much do you predict noise levels will increase?

The Mayor: Transport for London (TfL) has not agreed to remove all Pandrol Vanguard (PV) from the Tube network as there may be locations where the installation of PV has not led to in-carriage noise issues.
TfL is currently trialing an alternative rail fastening manufactured by Delkor on the Jubilee line. This trial will establish whether the product can reduce noise and vibration for local residents, while also addressing in-carriage noise.
Once this work is completed TfL will have further information on the impact replacing PV has on both residential and in-carriage noise levels, and TfL officers will provide you with an update once this trial has been completed.

Simultaneous evacuation drills

Andrew Dismore: What steps has LFB taken to organise simultaneous evacuation practice drills?

The Mayor: Section 5.24 of the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) guidance states the process of changing evacuation procedure using interim measures should be “tested in the form of regular staff training exercises”. These tests are the responsibility of the waking watch provider in conjunction with the Responsible Person for the premises. London Fire Brigade and NFCC are currently assessing this guidance in order to see if the testing requirements can be strengthened.
Stay put is, however, an issue of national building design, and there is currently no clear guidance on what to do when building failure renders stay put advice no longer viable. The LFB has called on the Government to conduct research into this issue as a matter of urgency.

Support for victims of rape and sexual assault disclosure in relation to mobile phones (2)

Fiona Twycross: In 2019 so far, what was the average length of time that a mobile phone is held for by the police in relation to rape offences and sexual assaults?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

The Mayor: The Metropolitan Police Service does not hold this precise data. It would not be proportionate to examine every rape and sexual assault crime report to estimate this, however it can be over 12 months in some cases.

Deaf Awareness Training

Jennette Arnold: When will deaf awareness training be rolled out to all London Overground staff?

The Mayor: Deaf Awareness training initially took place in February and March 2019.
The second tranche of Deaf Awareness training is launching in November 2019 and will be completed by March 2020. This will conclude training for all frontline operational staff.

Media Transactions (2)

Susan Hall: Can you please provide a list of all media publications (online and print) which you give any form of funding to as the Mayor of London, whether a donation or for a service in return and detail the cost and reason for the transaction?

The Mayor: As part of broader marketing plans for certain campaigns, the GLA has on occasion purchased space in media publications through the GLA’s media agency Wavemaker. The publications selected are based on recommendations from Wavemaker, who identify the best way for us to reach our audiences.
Examples include adverts in the Hounslow Borough Chronicle to inform Londoners about PQT, Time Out adverts to encourage attendance to our free Africa In London events, adverts in housing trade press to encourage bids for members of the London Development Panel, adverts in The Big Issue to inform Londoners on how they can help rough sleepers in the coldest months of the year and statutory notices placed in media to inform Londoners about various public announcements. An example of a statutory notice is one informing Londoners about an Examination in Public on the draft New London Plan.
On occasion, paid partnerships have also been used to work with publications that have credibility or authority with specific audiences to deliver more complex messages over longer periods of time. An example of this includes a 4-month partnership with online publication GRM Daily in order to reach young Londoners and inform them about programmes they can get involved in as part of our Serious Youth Violence campaign.
A full list of media publications and costs over the last year is below:
In addition to this, some adverts may also have appeared on media publications through digital display advertising – however due to the nature of how digital display adverts are served, we do not receive exact details on costs and placements.

Domestic Violence and Immigration Status

Caroline Pidgeon: Many of those suffering from domestic violence in London are afraid to seek help or report their abuse due to their immigration status. What steps will you be taking to ensure those victims who are deterred from seeking support for this reason have access to confidential help and support they need to keep them safe?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Cancelled rest days

Unmesh Desai: How many rest days have been cancelled for Met Police officers in each month of 2019?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

OneCoin trading warning and protection for Londoners

Caroline Pidgeon: What are you doing to protect and inform Londoners following the warning issued by the Financial Conduct Authority, following an investigation by the City of London Police, surrounding the trading of the altcoin OneCoin and concerns over it being a pyramid scheme?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Gifted Advertising

Susan Hall: Can you provide the total commercial value of the advertising inventory 'gifted' to the GLA and Mayor by TfL and any other bodies - for the last 3 years?

The Mayor: During the last three years, both TFL and LLDC have continued to provide an allocation of non-commercial space to the GLA to deliver key public service messages.
The GLA has been provided non-commercial, customer information spaces across the TfL network under successive Mayoralties. The GLA uses these sites to help inform Londoners about key events and initiatives. For example, to tell them about public events such as People’s Question Time and the State of London Debate, or raise awareness of free resources like the EU Londoners hub or the ways in which they can help rough sleepers in the coldest months of the year.
These sites are part of TfL’s overall allocation of customer information sites that is not available to advertisers. The GLA’s allocation is valued at approximately £2.176million, but does not have an exact cost as it is non-commercial advertising space. The amount of space allocated to the GLA has remained the same since 2011/12. In addition, on an ad-hoc basis, TfL has also provided a small number of unsold advertising spaces on the London Underground network.
LLDC provide 10 per cent of non-event day use of the London Stadium’s external screen to community messaging, which can include the GLA or local artists, as part of the stadium’s section 106 agreement. For example, some of this time was recently used to support the GLA’s anti-knife crime messages. As this is a planning condition, this space cannot be sold to advertisers.

Domestic Abuse Support

Susan Hall: Can you provide a breakdown of all funding provided over the last 3 years for combatting domestic abuse/violence and/or providing support to victims - including both direct funding for schemes and grants to organisations/charities?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Domestic Violence Services for LGBT+ individuals

Caroline Pidgeon: With limited support available for LGBT+ individuals in London who are suffering from domestic abuse; what plans do you have to ensure people who identify as LGBT+ have the support and services they need when it comes to domestic violence in London?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Pay gaps

Shaun Bailey: What work is taking place across the GLA and each of its functional bodies to tackle any ethnicity, gender and disability pay gaps?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

The Mayor: I have ensured the GLA Group organisations have robust action plans to tackle gender and ethnicity pay gaps, which are published alongside their gender and ethnicity pay gap reports.
The plans reflect good practice outlined in the Diversity & Inclusion Action Standard – a tool developed by the group and external experts.
Measures to close pay gaps include: fair and equal opportunities for development and progression; and, increasing flexible working options and other family-friendly benefits.
Links to the GLA’s gender pay gap report and action plan and those for the group can be found here. The gender pay gap for the GLA is now below 1 per cent.
The GLA’s 2018 ethnicity pay gap report and action plan can be found here and ethnicity pay gap action plans for LFB, LLDC, OPDC, TfL, MOPAC and the MPS are available online.
GLA Group ethnicity pay gap data as of 31 March 2019 and action plans will be published shortly.
The GLA Group does not currently report on disability pay gaps but is reviewing its approach as part its overall commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Babcock training contract (1)

Andrew Dismore: What is the total value of the contract to provide training to LFB awarded to Babcock?

The Mayor: The tendered value of the contract was £364 million and Babcock will deliver training for the period 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2037.

Released Under Investigation

Susan Hall: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide the number of:
• Murderers released under investigation?
• Double/multiple murderers released under investigation?
• Rape suspects released under investigation?
• Double/multiple rape suspects released under investigation?
• Sex crime released under investigation?
• Double/multiple sex crime suspects released under investigation?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Armed Response Vehicle (ARV) course pass rate

Susan Hall: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide the Met ARV course pass/failure rate in numbers?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Phase 1 Grenfell Fire Report (3)

Caroline Pidgeon: If protocol in terms of coordination of emergency services failed during the Grenfell fire, on how many other occasions have such protocols failed? Can you provide statistics on other occasions when protocol relating to cooperation and coordination between emergency services in regard to declaring serious or major incidents has not been followed in the last 5 years?

The Mayor: There is always learning from any major incident, both from an individual and multi-agency perspective and London’s emergency services have tried and tested debrief arrangements following such incidents. London Resilience Group tracks the lessons, identified from all declared major incidents, in relation to strategic coordination of all partners, not just emergency services, but do not currently track specific details in relation to the declaration of Major Incidents.
All of the capital’s emergency services and other agencies of the London Resilience Partnership will be considering the Inquiry’s Phase 1 report carefully to identify any improvements that can be made to the service they provide to Londoners. Officers from London Resilience Group would be happy to provide a further verbal briefing on this issue should the Member require it.

Number of Roads and Transport Policing Command officers (3)

Siân Berry: What was the total budget of the Metropolitan Police Service Roads and Transport Policing Command (RTPC) and the Traffic Criminal Justice Unit in 2019-20, and what is the expected budget for 2020-21? How many full-time equivalent officers were assigned to these units in each of these years?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Number of Roads and Transport Policing Command officers (4)

Siân Berry: Thank you for your answer to my question 2018/2549. You previously told me, in September 2018, that Metropolitan Police officers working on roads and traffic will temporarily be moved to strengthen London's Violent Crime Taskforce. When will the Roads and Transport Policing Command (RTPC) be restored to a full complement of staff?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Cancelled leave

Susan Hall: For each month since November 2016 to October 2019, how many leave days have been cancelled by the Met and how many hours of overtime have been worked? Please also provide a breakdown of the reasons given for sick leave being taken.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Asbestos 2

Susan Hall: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide the number of times Asbestos has been found on police property?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf bridge

Caroline Pidgeon: Further to your answer 2019/19609 please state why land costs are estimated at£46 million when Durrands Park is publicly owned land? Can further and much more detailed breakdowns be provided of all the estimated costs of the bridge?

The Mayor: The land cost estimate includes potential permanent and temporary land acquisition required at both Durand’s Wharf and Westferry Circus, together with allowances for disturbance and risk.
In securing the consents and acquiring the land at Durand’s Wharf, it may have been necessary to replace any public open space that was used.Therefore, a cost assumption was made for the potential creation of new public open space elsewhere within Southwark, to replace any area of Durand’s Wharf affected by the bridge.
The cost estimates provided previously cannot be broken down further as this could prejudice Transport for London’s commercial position in revealing its cost estimating assumptions to third parties.

Police dogs and horses

Susan Hall: For each of the years Nov 16 to Oct 17, Nov 17 to Oct 18 and Nov 18 to Oct 19, please can you provide a breakdown of the number of police horses and police dogs owned by the Met?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Police collisions

Susan Hall: For each month since November 2016 to October 2019, please can you provide a monthly breakdown of the number of police vehicles and buses which have been involved in collisions?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

The Mayor: Table 1 below shows the total number of police vehicles involved in collisions from November 2016 to October 2019
Police Collisions November 2016 to October2019
2016
2017
2018
2019
January
428
450
443
February
432
387
388
March
424
418
367
April
397
407
344
May
447
453
430
June
425
404
443
July
411
413
453
August
390
386
383
September
376
399
385
October
516
421
550
November
471
459
410
X
December
414
375
429
X
Totals
5080
4977
Table 2 below shows the number of buses involved in collisions from November 2016 to October 2019
Bus Collisions November 2016 to October2019
2016
2017
2018
2019
January
328
201
167
February
302
218
132
March
361
245
175
April
368
219
161
May
324
249
167
June
347
249
158
July
316
211
177
August
283
198
193
September
277
213
177
October
348
218
152
November
372
289
194
X
December
303
227
168
X
Totals
3770
2583

Cobalt

Andrew Boff: What measures have you put in place to ensure the following do not use Cobalt in batteries that has been sourced using slave and child labour?
• Police Electric Vehicles
• TFL Electric Vehicles
• Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Electric Vehicles

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Community Road Watch

Caroline Russell: Constituents are surprised by your answer to my question 2019/17407 where you stated: “there has been no reduction in the offer of Community Road Watch (CRW) schemes in London. The Metropolitan Police Service has simply made some administrative changes in the back office.” I have now heard from volunteers in several boroughs that their local police will only support up to two or three CRW sessions per month and that they can only last up to 45 minutes each. Are these limits due to “changes in the back office” or are there other reasons for this cut to CRW sessions?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.